+Ca_Ghost Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Hello all, New to the forum here and well hell new to geocaching and all I can say is WOW!!!!! What a great way to spend the day with family and friends! -Back to topic- While shopping for a GPS unit to get started with I came across this on ebay and thought "What would the odds be that this could have been a geocacher's?" Ebay Garmin 60CS He found it in a rental car and is now selling it on Ebay. If anyone lost their 60CS please check out this ebayer. Maybe if luck would have it there could be a happy ending for someone out there! - Ghost Quote Link to comment
+Les Nomades Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 I wonder if by looking at the serial number, Garmin could find the owner!!! Quote Link to comment
Neo_Geo Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 (edited) Guess the owner figured it was gone for good when he realized he left it somewhere. If only he'd put his name, address and phone number on the owner's information screen. Maybe he did do that and the eBay seller kind of overlooked that information...? Seems like if the seller REALLY wanted it to get back to its rightful owner, he probably could've TRIED HARDER... I guess the guy doesn't work for Avis! It'd be my guess that it belongs to the person who rented the car just before the guy found it. It wouldn't be THAT hard to track down the owner. Edited December 28, 2005 by Neo_Geo Quote Link to comment
+WxGuesser Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 I assume this guy works at the car rental place.. i wonder if he's just trying to make some money.. if i were him i would have called the customer and not just waited for him to call... (however if that were my cs.. i definately would have called.. faxed.. emailed or even gone back...) Quote Link to comment
Crash-n-Burn Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 High bidder has a -1 feedback. I wont bid in an auction that has those types bidding. Quote Link to comment
+I.R. Geonut Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Why not? I'll go bid on it then you can outbid me and not worry /grin Quote Link to comment
Crash-n-Burn Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Nope... bid away! and the bad bidders don't pay after they win and you don't get it anyway. Quote Link to comment
Neo_Geo Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 The seller is not accepting the bad bidder's bid! There're two good bids now. Quote Link to comment
+bigeddy Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 While shopping for a GPS unit to get started with I came across this on ebay and thought "What would the odds be that this could have been a geocacher's?" What are the odds it's stolen? Quote Link to comment
+Klemmer Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Good odds it is, sounds like. Shame on Ebay. Guess it would be hard to prevent that, huh? Maybe model & S/N's reported to law enforcement as stolen should go to Ebay? Just a thought.... in a perfect world...... Quote Link to comment
+Ca_Ghost Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 Good odds it is, sounds like. Shame on Ebay. Guess it would be hard to prevent that, huh? Maybe model & S/N's reported to law enforcement as stolen should go to Ebay? Just a thought.... in a perfect world...... Doesn't really work that way.. If the unit was in fact stolen and the victim of the theft had the serial number and then reported it to the police then the police could enter the unit with serial into the stolen property database. Once that is done then the unit could be retrieved as stolen property. Until that happens then you have to take it at face value. But then I was just curious in the first place.. Quote Link to comment
+bigeddy Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Doesn't really work that way... ...which the thieves understand and which Ebay makes easy to take advantage of. Because Ebay takes a profit from every illegal transaction why would they discourage fencing? They are not held responsible. The ironic thing is that if we came across a big bargain like this on the street we would probably not even consider it but the internet somehow makes it Ok. Quote Link to comment
Neo_Geo Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 What are the odds it's stolen? Checking the seller's feedback, he's only sold 5 items since March of 2002. The last item he sold was in May of 2004. Not a very active fence or what I would call a career criminal. This is not to say that it's not stolen - it could be. There's always that chance on eBay. Quote Link to comment
Hankhan Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 What I found odd about this is the seller states it has no cable or manual - yet somehow he/she managed to update the SW on the GPS from version 3 to version 4. Quote Link to comment
+Car54 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 (edited) What I found odd about this is the seller states it has no cable or manual - yet somehow he/she managed to update the SW on the GPS from version 3 to version 4. That isn't that hard. The GPSMAP 60C has a standard USB port and any USB cable will work with it. (I use the cable that came with my camera to update mine). Given the hassle to activate software on the GPSMAP 60C, I suspect that whoever wins this auction may have an interesting time getting software for it. If the GPS was registered, Garmin certainly knows who it belongs to or can find out. joe Edited December 29, 2005 by Car54 Quote Link to comment
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